NEW ZEALAND DISASTERS AND TRAGEDIES
FEATHERSTON CAMP RIOT, STATE HIGHWAY TWO, FEATHERSTON, WAIRARAPA
THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY 1943
On Thursday 25 February 1943 a riot broke out at the military camp, just outside Featherston. It had been re-established from First World War use to house Japanese Prisoners of War.
Forty-eight Japanese prisoners were killed, and a New Zealand guard - WALTER ALLAN PELVIN - died from the effects of a richocet shot.
News of the riot was kept quiet due to war-time censorship, and fears that their may be reprisals in the Japanese camps overseas.
Thanks so much to Peter Cooke, of the - DEFENCE OF NEW ZEALAND STUDY GROUP - for his help with the names of those killed.
Further information on those killed is in his book Roll of New Zealand's Second World War Dead - DONZ, 2018, ISBN 978-0-473-45735-8. It lists 13177 names with analysis who, how, where, when and why they died.
Also see the Archives NZ file Discipline- Riot at prisoner of war camp; Featherston, AD1 box1291 file 310/11/3, pt1.
| PELVIN | Walter Allan | Died Greytown Hospital 28 Feb 1943 |
| ARAKI | Mutsuo | |
| FUKUZUMI | Hiro Hi | |
| FURUKAWA | Noboru | |
| HAMAGUCHI | Bunsuke | |
| HAMAUCHI | Katsuo | |
| HATASAKU | Hideharu | |
| INABA | Shigekichi | |
| INONE | Motoki | |
| ISHIKAWA | Kiyoshi | Died Wellington Hospital 28 Feb 1943 |
| ISHIMARU | Ko | |
| KABUKI | Yugi | |
| KASHIWA | Sasato | |
| KATO | Nakaichi | |
| KAWA GUCHI | Yukiya | |
| KAWAHARA | Susumu | Died Featherston Hospital 26 Feb 1943 |
| KIMATA | Hisao | Died Masterton Hospital 25 Feb 1943 |
| KIMURA | Kanisaku | |
| KONDO | Kenkichi | Died Masterton Hospital 25 Feb 1943 |
| MASUI | Hiromu | |
| MATSUHIRO | Shui | |
| MOTOYAMA | Yoshitaro | |
| MURAKAMI | Motoki | |
| MYATA | Yoso | |
| NAKAGAWA | Jiro | |
| NAKAJIMA | Shigeo | |
| NAKAYAMA | Tadao | |
| NIORI | Zingo | Died Greytown Hospital 25 Feb 1943 |
| OGAWA | Kazushi | Died Masterton Hospital 25 Feb 1943 |
| OGAWA | Yoshitake | |
| OKADO | Mikiji | |
| OKAMOTO | Yasuo | |
| SHIGEMASA | Todomu | |
| SHIMATSUKA | Ryozo | |
| SHIOTANI | Haruo | |
| TAKAMOTO | Kazu | |
| TAKANASHI | Toshio | |
| TANAKA | Kenji | |
| TANIZAKI | Kaoru | |
| TATSUMI | Yoshizazu | |
| UEDA | Kazuhiko | |
| UMAKOSHI | Masayuki | Died Greytown Hospital 25 Feb 1943 |
| UNO | Masaji | |
| WATANABE | Kokichi | |
| YAMANAKA | Toshio | |
| YAMANE | Kaniji | |
| YOKOYAMA | Tadayoshi | |
| YONEYAMA | Shinichi | |
| YOSHIDA | Suechi |
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